Logical Reasoning

PT116 · S2 · Q1 Pettengill: Bebop jazz musicians showed

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Pettengill: Bebop jazz musicians showed their distaste for jazz classics by taking great liberties with them, as though the songs could be made interesting only through radical reshaping.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

1.

Pettengill and Romney disagree over whether

  1. bebop jazz was radically different

    Trap

    3% picked this

  2. bebop jazz was an improvement

    Trap

    6% picked this

  3. Correct

    bebop musicians showed appreciation for

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    88% picked this

  4. jazz music requires musicians to

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. bebop musicians were influenced by

    Trap

    2% picked this

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